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A Huey P. Newton Story

By:
Roger Guenveur Smith

Narrated by:
Roger Guenveur Smith

Length: 1 hr and 30 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4 out of 5 stars
16

Performance

4 out of 5 stars
13

Story

4 out of 5 stars
13

In his brilliantly imagined, Obie Award-winning show, Roger Guenveur Smith explores the life of the controversial Black Panther leader through a series of improvisations based on Newton's own words and writings.

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The Watts Tower Project

By:
Roger Guenveur Smith

Narrated by:
Roger Guenveur Smith

Length: 57 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars
2

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars
2

Story

4 out of 5 stars
2

Smith's edgy and funny
The Watts Towers Project focuses on Simon Rodia, the Italian immigrant who spent 33 years building his towers: only to walk away from them, never to return. Smith blends his own childhood, the life of Rodia, and the last quarter-century of L.A. history to create (in the words of
Back Stage West) a "wonderfully eclectic piece".